* 1.1IX. CHAP.
1.2. &c. Of severall Brittish Saints: Saint Beuno: S Chebeus: S. Senan: S. Deifer: S. Elerius.
1▪ IN the forogoing Narration we have the Memory of five Saints celebrated,* 1.2 Saint Beuno, S. ••hebeus, S. Senan, S. Deifer and S. Elerius: whose Names being written in the Book of Life, have worthily found a place likewise in our Martyrologe. As for S. Beuno, no more of him is found, then what hath been written already.
2. S. Chebeus is no doubt the same whom heretofore we called S. Kebi sirnamed Cori∣neus, a Disciple of S. Hilary Bishop of Po••∣••tiers, in the year of our Lord three hundred sixty one, who having instructed the Inha∣tants of Anglesey (Monae) in the Faith of Christ, dyed and was buried in Northwales, in whose Monument the Sacred Body of S. Wine∣fride was layd His Memory is celebrated in our Martyrologe on the ninth of November.* 1.3
3. S. Senan the assistant and instructour of S. Winefride in the perfection of a Religious li••e is commemorated in our Martyrologe on the twenty ninth of April,* 1.4 where his death is assigned to this year six hundred and sixty. He was for his Sanctity famous not onely in Wales, but Cornwall also, where there is a small haven and Town of Fishermen called from his Name.
4. S. Deifer at the same time lived a reti∣red life not far from SS. Winefrids Monastery built by S. Beuno, whose Successour he was in the direction of the said Holy Virgin. He for his Sanctity and Miracles is in our Mar∣tyrologe placed among the Saints on the sea∣venth of March:* 1.5 and his death is ascribed to the year of Grace six hundred sixty four.
5. The Memory of S. Elerius is more ce∣lebrated then the rest: he lived longer with S. Winefride, and built a Monastery in the vale called Clutina (saith Leland &c.) because watered with the River Cluid, which divides the Province of Flint from that of Denbigh. There it was that S. Winefride directed by se∣verall Divine admonitions found him. He so conjoynd the exercises of an Eremiticall and Monasticall conversation, that he had diverse Disciples of both sexes, which imi∣tated his example and Institut of life.
6. He for some time, to decline the frequent concourse of Visitants, and that he might more freely attend to God,* 1.6 retired into a desart, saith Pits. And from hence Malbranque a French Antiquary collects, that he passed over into France, and fixed his habitation in the Nor∣thern parts o•• it amongst the Morini: For thus he writes: About the year of Lord six hundred and sixty, Elerius a Noble personage of Brittany passing the Sea,* 1.7 and travelling the way which from Bouloign leads to Tero••anne, came to Fruge a little distant from the rising of the River Life, where he chose a seat for his Solitary li∣ving. To this day a fountain and little Chappell are monuments of his Memory, These in ancient times afforded great benefit and help both to the inhabitants of those places and strangers.
7. The same Authour acknowledges that he returned into Brittany, where he also dyed, as the Acts of S. Winefride doe testify. Now though our Martyrologe doe consign his death to the year of our Lord six hundred and sixty, yet since Pits and many other of our Writers doe affirm that he wrote her life, and consequently out-lived her, his death is to be placed severall years later.